PSYC 2000 Chapter : Chapter 14
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In ancient times holes were cut in an ill person"s head to let out evil spirits in. Hippocrates: mental illness came from an imbalance in the body"s four humors (the first to ascribe it to an imbalance in the body, not the supernatural) In the middle ages, the mentally ill were labeled as witches. Early greeks identified hysteria as a uniquely female illness which was caused by the uterus wandering around to different parts of the body. Psychopathology: the study of abnormal behavior: is being abnormal intrinsically bad, statistically rare, deviant from social norms. Psychological disorders: any pattern of behavior that: causes people significant distress, causes them to harm others, harms their ability to function in daily life. Situational context: the social or environmental setting of a person"s: context often determines if something is or is not abnormal or behavior pathological; social norms change over time. Subjective discomfort: emotional distress or emotional pain.
